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(Community Matters) Says its much better than original bill offered and stand with the Senators who plan to strike the telecom immunity (title II) from the bill. here

(Community Matters) It’s irresponsible of the Associated Press to highlight racial profiling within today’s AAS article, “FBI may use race in terror profiling.” Though I haven’t spent enough time thinking about & discussing with others the entire program, including race as only one factor in a matrix of factors such as travel to terrorist regions and access to weapons, while technically meeting the definition, isn’t the racial profiling Americans have come to overwhelmingly object. We object to minority experiences of racial profiling such as license to stop someone of color simply for driving or walking through certain neighborhoods, or treating a person of color differently during inquiries by authorities.

Of course, the Bush Administration has lost the privilege of trust when it comes to protecting Americans’ liberties. And, we know better than to allow 43s DOJ ambiguous language. Nevertheless, editors would better contribute to important national security discussions if they helped avoid inflammatory language [contradiction of title acknowledged as a point].

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(Community Matters) One day, the picture next to Webster’s definition of nincompoop:

Latest example here

(Community Matters) I’m hoping a church will take the time to exorcise the demons from Tx S.Ct. Justice David “burn baby burn” Medina soon here

(Community Matters) A strong buy recommendation here.

(Community Matters) Sheryl – more soon

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(Community Matters) Wow, at least Rep. Chisum isn’t picking on gay couples this time here.

(Community Matters) According to TechCrunch, NVCA is calling the lack of liquidity events a crisis.

“No vc-backed IPOs last quarter and M&A down.” 43 IPOs in first half ’07, only 5 first half ’08.

They also cite an NVCA survey noting that 81% of VC’s don’t expect IPO window to open in 2008.

(Community Matters) A friend asked how come I’m not on LinkedIn and why I don’t use Twitter. Hmm, sounded like quite personal questions coming from a straight man, alas . . .

No seriously, LinkedIn would make it even easier for others to contact me and, from what I’ve heard from others, to ask for introductions. I love doing both, though as I’ve admitted in this blog recently, I find myself unable to keep up with the 300 to 800 emails per day, I’m already receiving. Don’t think it makes sense to encourage more.

Twitter – this is easy micro-blogging. Allows others to know what you’re doing even more real time and throughout the day. Right, why the hell would anyone want to know more than they already endure. Precisely!

(Community Matters) Hmm, I just had one of Charles’ chocolates sent to me FedEx on ice by friends in San Francisco. They are good, and they remind me of three favorite chocolates. Hmm, another very good chocolate, Maribel Lieberman’s artisan chocolates. And, two very best in the world chocolates – the first also in San Francisco, XOX Truffles. The other, Confetteria Moriondo and Gariglio in Rome. Regrettably, Confertteria Moriondo doesn’t have a website nor deliver. So, folks sending me birthday gifts or needing favors or just feeling especially sweet will just have to settle on XOX Truffles – unfortunately, the proprietor won’t ship during summer months. Grrrr, if anyone traveling to SF or Rome . . . . !

(Community Matters) Companies often define themselves in how they respond to mistakes. It doesn’t surprise me that JP Morgan Chase has stepped up, is working to correct their subsidiary’s mistake and prioritizes relief for the Dickson family, whose assets were erroneously seized and sold on order of EMC Mortgage by First Asset Services, stories here and here.

I don’t know First Asset Services nor its Canadian parent, First Service Corporation but their failure to respond to AAS inquiries, the callousness of their employee’s response to reporters’ questions about their errors and their lack of relief for the family don’t speak well of their company nor their bold corporate responsibility pronouncements.